Giannis Antetokounmpo confessed Tuesday night he believed his knee injury was worse than what it was which not only his 2020-21 season was over but also his following season.Antetokounmpo managed to start Game 1 of the NBA Finals after starting the day as skeptical to play. Despite the fact that the Milwaukee Bucks dropped the game, “The Greek Freak” had an impressive efficiency. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”When the play happened I thought, Im going to be out for a year. Im simply delighted that two games later on Im back,” he said.Antetokounmpo scored 20 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the Bucks 118-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Any doubts over whether he could carry out while injured were put to rest.He started out the game nearly catching an alley-oop dunk and continued to put the knee to the test the whole night. He appeared to have no difficulty getting up for rebounds and dunks either.CHRIS PAUL SHINES AS SUNS DOWN BUCKS IN GAME 1Toward completion of the first half, Antetokounmpo provided a chase-down block on Suns protect Mikal Bridges.He finished 6-for-11 from the field and 7-for-12 at the foul line. The Bucks were 9-for-16 at the nasty line the whole night. He had two offending rebounds, two steals and a block during the game as well.The Bucks star injured his knee in the series versus the Atlanta Hawks and missed the last 2 games of the conference finals since of it.He appears to be all set for the remainder of the series for the Bucks.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGame 2 is set for Thursday night in Phoenix at 9 p.m. ET.